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Asian Stocks Closed Mixed;
Tokyo Falls on G-7 Outcome

An Interactive Journal News Roundup

Updated Feb. 23, 1998 7:01 a.m. ET

Stocks declined nearly 1% in Tokyo, as investors were disappointed that Japanese officials didn't announce any new policies to revive the country's economy, despite blunt pleas from their counterparts at Sunday's meeting of the Group of Seven industrialized nations.

The yen's weakness also contributed to the Nikkei 225 average's slide, traders...